Excellent article in the Park Record that pretty much sums up a lot of stuff going on with Vail. In a nutshell, Wall Street is starting to take notice of all the issues -- and they don't like what they see. Maybe that'll wake someone up.
Yep.Not great news, but important. The worse the news about Vail is, the lower their stock price falls. Wall Street has been paying attention. That's a real kick in the butt for the corporation, and that fact that it's not just Stevens but other resorts around the country has contributed to this impact. This is something they can't ignore. If making the passholders angry means making the shareholders angry, action might follow!
Thank goodness they've taken notice.Excellent article in the Park Record that pretty much sums up a lot of stuff going on with Vail. In a nutshell, Wall Street is starting to take notice of all the issues -- and they don't like what they see. Maybe that'll wake someone up.
I hadn't noticed! Thanks for the mentionDid you notice that OnTheSnow is back? Can't quite remember who managed to revive it but pretty sure they were connected to Mountain News Corp. MNC created OnTheSnow and then were bought by VR. Soon after MNC bought EpicSki, which was eventually shut down with very short notice.
Spooky....
Once ski patrol lifted restrictions on uphill travel for the day, my partner and I explored the ridge between Cowboy and Big Chief mountains, the two peaks under which the marked trails at Stevens Pass unfurl. We passed a succession of dormant chairlifts. As the empty chairs swayed in the wind, saddled with feet of snow when they would normally be filled with skiers and snowboarders, I had the impression I was hiking through one of our region’s abandoned ski areas. The experience was like visiting a skiing ghost town. Back at the resort base, I found spartan lunch options, a closed tuning shop and an empty Foggy Goggle — the après-ski bar at Stevens that has yet to open this season.
Wow, the GM at Attitash resigned last week I think it was.. imagine if they all start dropping like flies. I can't blame them, they are the ones who are probably taking blame for things they have no control over on the ground.As of today...I wonder if the old GM got fired, or quit.
On Jan. 12, Vail Resorts announced that Tom Fortune, currently general manager at Heavenly in South Lake Tahoe, California, will serve as the new interim general manager at Stevens Pass, the ski area where he began his career in the industry.
Interesting for sure! Assuming the man who became GM in 2018 had stayed on, here's the official announcement of that appointment. Seems as if Tom Pettigrew was not a VR manager before the acquisition of Park City. Also named "Tom" so there could be confusion in the next few weeks.As of today...I wonder if the old GM got fired, or quit.
On Jan. 12, Vail Resorts announced that Tom Fortune, currently general manager at Heavenly in South Lake Tahoe, California, will serve as the new interim general manager at Stevens Pass, the ski area where he began his career in the industry.
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Saw in SAM that Tom Pettigrew was the man who is no longer GM at Stevens.Assuming the man who became GM in 2018 had stayed on, here's the official announcement of that appointment. Seems as if Tom Pettigrew was not a VR manager before the acquisition of Park City. Also named "Tom" so there could be confusion in the next few weeks.
According to a patroller friend, they've done some work this week (she lives east of Stevens Pass) and the resort isn't as buried as they'd thought it would be. I think the rain helped with compaction. I'm guessing there is still a lot of work to do, though. If I get to go on Tuesday, I guess I'll find out!I wonder how they will be able to dig out when the highway reopens. SP got many many feet of snow, then it rained, then they got many feet of snow again, today they are getting rain. They've been closed for a week and there's no one to groom when they do reopen. I have this vision that they manage to dig out the chairs and get them running, but they dump skiers into a giant pile of snow where everyone just sinks